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    Second Chances, Second Thoughts by

    Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist (Anime 2003)  

    23 Jan 2016

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    Fullmetal is standing on the doorstep, looking windswept and utterly bereft, but holding a tiny baby in his arms.

     

    “It went wrong,” he chokes out, his voice tight with barely suppressed sobs, and his eyes have an unusually bright shine to them. “It went wrong, I messed up, I didn't know where else to go, please, I messed up-”

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    26 Jan 2026

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    i'll never be free of the horror of the premise, i think. that said— this was hands down no lie honest to god cross my heart Amazing

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    Deserts Away by

    Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types  

    10 Jan 2018

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    "I have heard that your tastes are not as discerning, so to speak, as most western men, so I thought something beautiful would certainly please you.”

    Roy had been so caught up in that beauty that it took him a moment to realize the implications of the chain and of Vasyklo’s words. The young man was his gift.

    He felt vaguely sick to his stomach.

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    24 Jan 2026

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    like it's so cool. this was great?

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    transposition ciphers by

    Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types  

    22 Dec 2016

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    “I kissed Edward,” Roy said, more quietly than he'd ever spoken to her before. Riza’s raised eyebrows asked a question all on their own.

    “Edward… Hertzmann? In signal corps, on the third—”

    “Elric.” The surname hung heavy between them like it had hung between so many others before them. “But thank you for trying.”

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    23 Jan 2026

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    This Form Shall Rest Beneath the Sod by

    Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga  

    02 Oct 2025

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    He’s seen many different cultural approaches to childcare. Amestris’ is rather stagnant, comparatively. Xing believed in gentle movement for infants, and built all sorts of wood cradles and hammocks for rocking their young. Ishvalans kept infants on their backs for most of their early years, tied and swaddled in place with cloth, and shielded from biting sand.

    Xerxes, well...

    Here, and now, Amestrians believe that a baby should be kept indoors for its first few months–to protect their health, and their developing systems.

    Hohenheim knows just enough about childhood development to question this, but not enough to truly challenge it. Time had proved him wrong before, science and understanding crawling away from him as he spent years turning over other stones. It was as if the world moved rapidly every time he blinked, blurring past him without notice.

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    Or: Hohenheim gets stuck taking care of his infant son by himself. He thinks about old Xerxian traditions. Ed spends most of the day screaming.

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    from the truth of a thousand lies by

    Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga  

    28 Feb 2023

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    It was almost enough to make him laugh, the absurdity of it all.

    It really was true—people spent so much time and energy worrying about what others might think of them, forgetting that they, in turn, did the same. Most of the things they felt insecure about in themselves, other people never even saw—not because they were indifferent, but because they were too busy worrying about their own insecurities.

    That was how they had been able to hide the truth about Al‘s body from most people for so long, after all.

     

    Five times Edward tries to hide his issues and is surprised that it actually works. Plus one time it doesn't.

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